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The Senate is expected to hold a key vote today on an amended comprehensive immigration reform bill that maintains a road map to citizenship for aspiring Americans, but also contains changes Republicans demanded to move the legislation forward. We will bring you the results of that vote as soon as it occurs. A vote on final passage is expected this week. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka issued the following statement on the amended Senate bill:
The prosecution and defense in the George Zimmerman began laying out their cases for the jury on Monday, clashing over whether the neighborhood watch volunteer killed Trayvon Martin because he was “viciously attacked” or because “he wanted to.”A jury of six women listened intently during opening statements in a Sanford, Fla., courtroom 16 months after Zimmerman, 29, and Martin, 17, crossed paths i...
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday called on Russia to “do the right thing” and prevent professed NSA leaker Edward Snowden from fleeing Moscow and instead return him to the United States."I’m not going to get in to the details of what I think is going on, but we hope that the Russians will do the right thing,” Kerry told NBC News in New Delhi, India. “We think it is very important in te...
Rusty the red panda is missing, vanished from his home at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C.Crews have been looking for the almost year-old red panda since 8 a.m. Monday, said Pamela Baker-Masson, a communications director at the zoo. He was last seen at 6 p.m. Sunday.Baker-Masson said they are still unsure how Rusty got out, but have three possible scenarios as to what might have ha...
This week a coalition of extremist groups and right-wing think tanks such as the Koch brothers-founded Americans for Prosperity, the Heritage Foundation and the State Policy Network is urging and assisting workers to leave their unions under a new-speak banner proclaiming “National Employee Freedom Week.”
